Department NewsDiscussion Groups
Not meeting fall 2012. 11 a.m. on Thursdays
Room 2111 Kraus Natural Science Building
Behavioral Ecology Group (BEG)
Contact: TBD
This is a group of professors and graduate students from EEB, Psychology and Anthropology who are interested in behavioral ecology and animal behavior. We meet to discuss papers every other week, with a member of the group presenting research ideas or results on the weeks in between.
E-mail user group: behavioralecology@umich.edu
Not meeting fall 2012. Room 2111 Kraus Natural Science Building
Evolutionary Genetics Discussion Group
Contact: Joe Coolon
The Evolutionary Genetics Discussion Group (Evol-Gen) is a group of professors, postdocs and graduate students from various departments that share an interest in evolutionary genetics (everything from population genetics to molecular evolution). We meet every other week with one person leading the discussion of new literature or recent results from their lab. Anyone with an interest in evolutionary genetics is encouraged to attend.
Mondays, 6:30 - 8 p.m., 2024 Dana Building
Latin America and Caribbean Environmental Group (LACEG)
Contact: Beatriz Otero Jimenez
The Latin America and Caribbean Environmental Group (LACEG) would like to gain an interdisciplinary understanding of the diverse mechanisms driving environmental degradation and social inequities in Latin America and the Caribbean. We meet on a weekly basis to discuss these critical issues by screening documentaries, inviting guest speakers or presenting our own research on the region. LACEG is supported by the Rackham Interdisciplinary Workshops program of the Rackham School of Graduate Studies and the School of Natural Resources and Environment at the University of Michigan. Please visit our website for more information about our events and discussions.
Networking project
The Latin America and Caribbean Environmental Group (LACEG) created a website with the objective of generating a network between University of Michigan faculty members, research scientists and graduate students with research on environmental matters within Latin America and the Caribbean. The website is designed to bridge faculty, researchers and graduate students across disciplines to facilitate interdisciplinary collaborations.
To participate in the LACEG networking project copy and paste the following into a new email with your information to lacegwebsite@gmail.com.
Mondays, 5 p.m.,
1532 Ruthven Museum (aka Paleo classroom)
Morphometrics Discussion Group
Contact: Miriam Leah Zelditch
The seminar this term will focus on morphometric analyses in R, to learn what is available in the packages (or published scripts) for shape analysis and multivariate statistical analysis, more generally.
Thursdays
5:30 p.m. – 7 p.m., Room 2111 Kraus Natural Science Building
New World Agriculture and Ecology Group
Contact: John Vandermeer
NWAEG is made up of faculty and students from various departments who share an interest in agroecological, political, and economic issues of importance in the western hemisphere, although issues of global interest are occasionally dealt with. Meetings are held once a week and feature presentations and/or discussion of readings, followed by a social hour. Other activities that the group engages in typically focus on education and outreach, and range from writing letters to journals and newspapers, to designing and teaching a minicourse on a topic not addressed by existing courses.
Email user group: nwaeg@umich.edu
Winter term 2012: Thursdays, 1 - 2 p.m. in 1056 Natural Science Building
Plant Ecology Discussion Group
Contact: Deborah E. Goldberg
Also known as PEDG or pedagogue, meets weekly to talk about current research, both from the literature and by members of the group. It is an excellent forum to discuss all stages of research, from initial half-baked ideas to practice conference presentations or critiques of a manuscript draft. The range of topics depends on the interest of the group and (despite the name) is not limited to plant ecology.
Not meeting fall 2012: Thursdays, 4 p.m., usually in 2071 Natural Science Building (Smith Lab)
Systematics Discussion/Reading Group
Contact: Ya Yang
We get together to discuss recent papers on phylogenetic methods, biogeography, comparative methods, and anything related to using phylogeny to answer interesting ecology and evolutionary questions. The meeting location may rotate so if you're not sure, stop by Room 2071 a little early. Visit mcommunity, login and search systematics to join the group.
Email user group: systematics@umich.edu
Fridays, 9 - 10 a.m., Espresso Royale on State Street
Tropical Ecology and Evolution Reading Group (LOTS)
Contact: Robyn Burnham
Also known as LOTS (Lianas and Other Tropical Stuff). This group meets weekly to discuss articles, manuscripts, and occasionally research carried out by one of the group's members, generally on climbing plants but topics vary (tropical plant ecology, New World tropical biogeography, paleobotany, systematics and plant morphology). Open to faculty, postdocs, graduate students, and advanced undergraduates.
CTools site established each term. May be taken for credit (EEB 800) or joined without credit.
In order to join the above e-mail user groups visit http://directory.umich.edu/. You need to login using your uniquname and password. Select "bind" to make changes. Now click on your uniquname in the upper-right-hand-corner. Your entry should appear. Then press group memberships and a list of the user groups to which you belong will appear. Click Add, and enter the name is it appears above in the top box. Click your uniquname to return to your profile. The name of the user group should now appear.
